ISSEY MIYAKE (Web) has featured an interview with Eugene Kangawa (EUGENE STUDIO) on its official website, “A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE DIALOGUES.”

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Title：Episode 11 Eugene Kangawa – An Uncharted Language Woven from Light and Shadow

Published on October 23, 2025
Dialogue: Eugene Kangawa (EUGENE STUDIO) and Yoshiyuki Miyamae (A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE)

A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE has announced a new project, “TYPE-XIV Eugene Studio project”, inspired by artist Eugene Kangawa / EUGENE STUDIO and his “Light and shadow inside me” series. In October 2025, during Art Basel Paris, a special exhibition featuring Kangawa and Eugene Studio will be presented in France. This project is an attempt to open new horizons of expression through the intersection of art and clothing. We followed its development through a dialogue with Kangawa himself.

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As if entrusting it to all things
— To begin with, could you tell us how this project first came about? We understand that it began when Miyamae-san visited Kangawa-san’s solo exhibition “EUGENE STUDIO After the rainbow” (Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, 2021–22).

Yoshiyuki Miyamae (hereafter, Miyamae): I still remember it vividly. I often make time to visit various exhibitions, but Kangawa-san’s show was one that made me think, “I want to see this again”. What struck me as a curious coincidence was the timing, which happened to be when I had just passed on the role of designer for ISSEY MIYAKE’s collection and began a new venture, A-POC ABLE ISSEY MIYAKE (hereafter, A-POC ABLE). At that moment I was determined to work together with many people to carry forward and evolve what Miyake had built. Then I encountered Kangawa-san’s work, and his ability to grasp the essence of things and express it as beauty that exists beyond words. It moved me profoundly. That experience became the starting point of our relationship as A-POC ABLE with Kangawa-san.

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Eugene Kangawa (hereafter, Kangawa): Thank you. Yes, we spoke about many things after that exhibition, didn’t we? I remember visiting the Issey Miyake office for the first time afterwards, where I was given the large TASCHEN book, ISSEY MIYAKE. It offered me a chance to explore once more the history I thought I already understood, the existence and philosophy that is Issey Miyake. Then the A-POC ABLE team led by Miyamae-san visited my studio and home, and the workshops we held together eventually led to this project.

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Eugene Kangawa / Eugene Studio
Born in the United States in 1989. Kangawa is known for his abstract paintings and installations that explore themes of time, existence, and history. His solo exhibition “EUGENE STUDIO After the rainbow” (2021–22) at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo marked him as the youngest artist ever to hold a solo show at the institution. Following the international spreading of the exhibition, several collectors from across Asia and ASEAN regions initiated the construction of a permanent museum, inspired by the show, on a one-hectare site at the foot of a UNESCO World Heritage site in Bali. Kangawa has also participated in exhibitions such as “de-sport:” (21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, 2020) and “89+” (Serpentine Gallery, London, 2014). In addition, his short films presented in the United States have been officially selected and awarded at multiple international film festivals, including the Rhode Island International Film Festival and the Brooklyn Film Festival. Currently, his work is produced at Atelier iii, a lushly green studio complex on the outskirts of Tokyo. Designed by Kangawa himself and largely built through a DIY process by the artist and his team, the 700-square-meter space serves as a site of collaboration across diverse disciplines.